this year's space needle fireworks were sponsored by t-mobile and heavily emphasized the color 't-mobile magenta.'
As promised previously, MISCmedia is back for two-ought-one-five with a new commitment to try and make sense (or at least document the nonsense) of Life in the Demitasse Size City.
To start things off, and for the 29th consecutive year (really!), we proudly present the MISCmedia In/Out List, the most trusted (and only accurate) list of its kind in this and all other known media relay systems.
As always, this list operates under the premise that the future is not necessarily linear. It compiles what will become torrid and tepid in the coming year, not necessarily what’s torrid and tepid now. If you believe everything hot now will just keep getting hotter, I’ve got some RadioShack stock to sell you.
| Saving affordable housing |
Saving sandwich shops |
| Amazon as profitless, fragile giant |
Amazon as omnipotent leviathan |
| Fully independent publishing |
Kindle Unlimited |
| Fully independent cinema |
Marvel Cinematic Universe |
| Ronan Farrow |
Michael Smerconish |
| Furniture Girls |
Taylor Swift |
| “Selfie sticks” |
Facebook food pictures |
| Euro-socialist revival |
GOP revival |
| Cardless payments |
Kardashians (still) |
| Dyed armpit hair |
Lululemon |
| “Black lives matter” |
“I’m not racist, but…” |
| Streaming TV |
Streaming music |
| Cheap oil as climate threat |
Cheap oil as economic blessing |
| Compassion |
“Non-apologies” |
| Women Who Code |
“Brogrammers” |
| Cards Against Humanity |
Candy Crush |
| Human rights for Cuba |
New cars for Cuba |
| Tessa Thompson (Dear White People) |
Jessica Alba |
| Tiny houses |
Charter schools |
| Legalizing/protecting sex workers |
Banning protests |
| Funky weirdness |
Soulless “luxury” |
| Mariners comeback |
UW football comeback |
| Insulting Russia |
Insulting North Korea |
| Treasure hunts |
Private “event spaces” |
| Ending the waterfront tunnel |
Closing movie theaters |
